Comments on: Hong Kong Phooey kicks it as a live action flick

By: Mela

Mela — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:48:47 +0000

When I first saw this, the one thing I immediately thought of was “Underdog”; then I thought of the best review of “Underdog” I heard – “Thanks to this movie, I now hate all dogs everywhere.” This is going to be just like “Underdog”, a name-only adaptation designed to show off how unnervingly realistically the CGI people can make a beagle do kung-fu. Ugh. Not even the mighty power of NPH could salvage another one of those.

Chris B – I actually agree with you about the Scooby movies. Scooby himself was cartoony enough that I didn’t find him to be too creepy, and the casting was solid. Like you said, the attempts at making all the fandom jokes the basis for the humor was what really killed. OMG, Scrappy’s the villain ‘cuz we all hate Scrappy, amiright? And we all thought Velma was gay ‘cuz she’s smart and real women aren’t smart, amiright? Yeah, what works in a small group for joking around don’t always translate well to a big mass market movie. They actually learned their lesson for the sequel, which as half-decent.

By: Matthew Peterson

Matthew Peterson — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:32:36 +0000

The voice acting is going to be key here.

Just as Jason Lee was no Wally Cox (which, in my mind, torpedoed Underdog, a similar flick) this movie won’t fly with, say, a Jonas Brother as Fooey.

Now, Neil Patrick Harris? I might possibly buy that.

By: Chris B

Chris B — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:32:19 +0000

Honestly, I didn’t have a problem with the Scooby-Doo movie per se. I mean, the animation was horrible, and the jokes were bad, but (once we take it off of its pedestal) the original show wasn’t quite cutting edge, either.

I think what bothered me about the movie was that it pandered a bit too much to the adult in-jokes that became ubiquitous.

We’ll see if this one falls victim to the same.

By: Brent

Brent — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:43:52 +0000

Who doesn’t love Hong Kong Phooey? Though, this is not the 70’s so the title alone should give pause, much less the premise. The guys who pitch and greenlight these movie concepts…what did they major in, and how much do they get paid? Serious question.

At this rate Capt. Caveman cannot be far behind. And perhaps a sequel to the Josie and the Pussycats movie from 10 years back.

By: Gaumer

Gaumer — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:26:33 +0000

No we’re talking!!!

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